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A05710	The new arival of the three gracis, into Anglia Lamenting the abusis of this present age.	Batman, Stephen, d. 1584.	1580 (1580)	STC 1584; ESTC S112724	36,047	48

sheperds ouer them which shall féed them They shall no more fear and dread for ther shal none of them be lost sayth the lord I haue séen folly among the Prophets of Samaria that they preach for Baal and deceyued my people of Israel I haue séen also among y e prophets of Ierusalem soule aduoultry and presumtuous lyes They take the most shameful euen by the hand flattering them so that they can not retourne from their wickednesse All these with their Cities are vnto me as Zodoma the inhabiters of Gomorra c. Héere note the words of the prophets that preach vnto you and deceaue you truely they preach vnto you vanitie for they speake y e meaning of their own heart and not out of the mouth of the lord Am I the god that seeth the thing which is neigh at hand and not that is far of saith the lord may any man hide him self so that I shall not see him saith the Lord. Behold héere am I saith the lord against those Prophets that dare prophesie lying dreames and deceaue my people with their vanities and miracles whom I neuer sent nor cōmaunded them Whether the papist haue thus don or not with diuers other sectarians I leue it to y e iudgement of the Christian reader Now consider if the charge be so great against false prophets idel Persons and loytering Ministers what is ther to be said against those gréedy Patrons spoken of before the prophet Ezechiel in the person of God speaketh as well to y e temporal as spiritual to the king as to y e officer to the Duke Carle lord Marcus knight baron or others none are exceptid frō out of y e charg of gods commaundement Lac comedebatis lauis operiebamini gregem antem meum nō pascebatis c. You haue eaten vp the milke ye haue clothed you with the wol the best fed haue ye slayn but the flock haue ye not norished the weak haue ye not holden vp the sick haue ye not healed the broken haue ye not bound together the outcastes haue ye not brought againe the lost haue ye not sought but churlis●ly and cruelly haue ye ruled them was it not inough for you to eate vp the good pasture but you muste tread downe the residewe with your féete thus my shéepe muste bée fayne too eate the thinges that ye haue troden downe c. Knowest thou not this namely that from the beginning euer sence the creacion of man vpon earth the gladnesse of the vngodly hath bin short and that the ioy of Ipocrites continuéd but the twinckling of an eye though he be magnified vp to heauen so that his head reach vnto the clouds yet at a tourne he perisheth for euer in so much that they which haue séen him shall say where is hée hée shall vanish as a dreame so that he can no more be found and shal passe away as a visiō in the night so that the eye which saw him before shall haue no more sight of him and his place shall know him no more His children shalbe fayne to agrée with y t poore his hands shal restore them their goods A chab the king of Israel wold not héere Micheas our Lords prophets because he prophesied no good vnto him but euill yet when Micheas was called he sayd vnto him héere the word of the Lord. So here y t which foloweth to the end that the wickednesse of this world may be espied the better to be eschuid A certain man profered a benefice of the valew as he sayd of xl pounds by the yeare and that he would bestow it one some honest learnid man which when a sufficient man was presentid after sertaine talke had his words were these For as much as it is worth xl pounds and yet not xx pounds in the Queens maiesties books you shall giue me thrée yeres value which as he accoūpted came to vi score pounds I would know what the person of that benefice should haue had for his portion to haue liued by in the meane time Judge whether this be liberalitte or no or whether such a Caterpiller were worthy of a learned man or no. No maruayle though ther be so many simple Persons in the ministry ● yit not so many thanks be giuen to Go as hath bin which some to serue for eight pounds yerely must haue skil in one facultie or other as gardening graffing such like or else to serue for lesse wagis in the meane time when worldly extremities shall thus hinder diuine studdy ● when the shepherds perish for want of knowledge what shal the shéepe doo As for scruing of two cures neglecting of sermons when in some place report hath told in vii●x xiiii yeres was neuer hard past foure in some place●y one none at all I meruayle not much seeing the Patrons and giuers of such is so prodigiously orderid I will omit likewise the liberalitie of diuers toward such as haue trauelid in the country but not Vbique for then must it needs perish all to gither That for their painefull labour haue had a si●der reward as much as Nihil But now to retourne to one more example A certaine man which profered a benefice but not the benefit to such a one as he supposed would haue bin glad of his pr●ffer I haue quoth he a benefice in my hand to bestow and it is worth a hunderid pounds by the yeare And if you know any ●●uett man y ● wold beare the name of person I would giue him xx marks or rather then fayle xx pounds and discharge him of al dewties so that he shuld haue that quietly to liue with al because the corne and other tithes wil be a great stay to my house keping wh● perhaps he kepeth worse house with al that then his predecessour before him did with his own possessions And as for the great liberalitie of others who hauing y ● gifte of diuers benifices bicause they will not be séen to receue money thē selues vseth this fetch as soone as any suche liuing falleth into their hands forthwith one of his or their seruants shal vnder a culler haue it so that when any of the clergie co●meth crauing master or worship to bestow it the answer is made with al my hart you shuld haue had it but it is now to late I haue giuen it already they y ● suter as voide of all hope taketh his leaue which being no sooner gon he to whom the benefice was ip●crised taketh the person vicar or such curate by the sléeue saith if to pleasure you with this benefice which may be better called a Malifice by that tyme all be considered what will you giue a good felow to obtayne your sute whose answer if it be nothing then as short a farwel if somewhat according to the desire of Capax then he shall haue it perhaps as much ag●yne as the first frutes cōmeth to he shall pay for

order is that whē the young beginneth to flye and that he apply him selfe with carying first he learneth by the greater to gather war then to frame the work which being don thē to gathering the honey that those neat wrought selles may be filled and in such tyme as the season ferneth that or euer the frosts appere each Bee may haue sufficient to preserue him from the baraine Winter or colde so as a poore Bee the Waxe being gatherid from the substance of many flowers and by meanes of the sweete smelling blues huny is increasid wherwith to suffise each Bee in the extremitie of coulde the war to keepe safe from cold the honey to preserue life and to comfort such young as in the meane time is increased And as the wax is profitable in the dark to yeld by art his light to the greate comfort of the beholder so is the hunney for the inward partes of men being moderately taken to keepe the body from putrified humors by the Bee the wax and the hunney I considered the diligent painfull Christian the profet of actorites the gift of the holy ghost these three moued mee to this my sely labour far vnfit to come among the master Bees but for as much as the smaller or feebeler sort are defended by the great by the means of indeuer so hope I to bee because good will hath presumed in stead of learning to frame that which may doo good to the most and harme with the least Thus gentill Reader vse my labour with suche brotherly affection as by my work thou maist perceue my meaning In which so doing I commit thee vnto the tuicion by prayer of the almightie God for euer and euer AMEN By Stephan Batman Minister SOMNIVM WHen that Saturno Planiet he in midst of Libra spred and Hyems force began to hie with dolers in my bed A thousand woes gan me oppresse to sée y e world such as each creature in his kynd the one at other grutch Dismaid in mind to se such chaūce to happī coūtri thē Obliuion she that grace forgot alew●ring many men To folow fancis lore without remorse of payne and Gospels predication to holde as thing but vayne For to bewayle so ill a chaunce it dentyd so my mynde when vewid was myne own deserts gainst Christ my god so kinde Then to deuise some theame at large wherby the rest to warne swéete Charites hir selfe applyed to kéepe me ay from harme She gaue me charge my quiuering hand the Pen to held full fast with spéede to wryte what she me bad though long yet at the last Then setling so both hand and pen as pleasid hir to deuise whose words in order folowed so few wisemen will despise From Eanus he the god of Eyer the whole earth now dooth vew not sparing one but each degrée by what meanes to pursew If victory were shure to get then looke for present doome that restlesse rage of his so toyles iust friendship to consume These thrée to further thine intent so guyded shall by me who hiet Aglaia thankfulnesse to vertue doth agrée Then Thalia the most plentius to yeld each dayes increace Euphrosine that liberal dame which scarcite doth seace These thrée to gyde thy pen aright shall dayly thée attend against that huge Enceladus though Terra him defend By force of valiant Tonos he to Etnas fiery flame that Iupiter which rules on hie such furious rage to tame If Albion she except thée not I will the straight conuay to Ebosus Sardina eyle where thou shalt beare such sway As Gargites olde Gereons dogge although he seme to byte shall sterue for meat and pine away though it apere in sight In these my wordes conceue a showe such frindship so to frame as Ioue the iust may be obaid with lasting prayse to name Then Charites so doo me cal a frind to Troyan eyle who wisheth shure no smal renoume to such so happy soyle And why for that the welthy is or that of strength hath store no no but for because that Ioue the iust as yet doth fauour more Her state her peace and her renoume to try hir trusty loue which being found vngratefull then full soone will her remoue Poore Cynon he for landes defence the Troyans did forewarne was for his labour naught except till they had felt the harme But then to late so now foresée left Gallia a Calchas bréedes and so in steade of holsom hearbes may light on poysonid weedes The Panter he example geues when so disposid to spoyle by hyding of his head from beastes as though he ment no goile By sauor swéete they folowe still and he them both alure till place conuenient so him please their death he doth procure To read to write or to indite for cuntries thine defence seace not but do thy selfe imploy looke for no recompence But at the handes of Charites euen I reward will thée when vitall breath is spent and gon with Christ thy Lord to bée O Anglia thou of Chius learne thy god and prince to feare where none a●oultry there was found or one that would vpreare Him selfe agaynst his Prince or king each other sought to saue as lasting prayse re●ounes therof all vicis did depraue Sence tyme that Engist thee possest as fléeting hast thou béen as Chemmis the whole waighty payse most strange is to be séen Herodotus so doth expresse huge woodes and trées there bée with hills and dales in wondrus sorte as dayly such may see As into Egipt will resort this strange s●ight to peruse a land to swem there to be séene on this some hap may muse But what for this it séemes a toye if naught but so ye meane some better grayne I wish to séeke a brode in felds to gleane By figured show some thing is ment if so you please to mark if not by this then now giue eare to more effect doo hark When that Camillus did beseedge Hetruria coast and soyle and that the Trurians did perseue ere long to haue the foyle Among the auncient Falisi a skoolemaster there was which did deuise by treason so that he might bring to passe For to betray such Romans young which he had ther to gyde ●y trayned craft so gat them foorth till foes they had espyed And then by gyle surrendrid them into Camillus gard wher he for traytours fact so don receued a iust reward Which was all naked to be beate with those his scollers shure vnto the place from whence he came thus iustice did procure For this vntruth of traytour fell that such his countries spoyle a guerd●n had for vicious fact a iust reward for goyle He thought great riches to haue had the wicked thus pretend god graunt all those whose mindes are such euen so to make an end If flattering Parasite were not then none would shure be found wher now not one or two ther is thée dayly doo abound But who